Rising Superstar DIEGO MARADONA Shows His Talent In Chile With ARGENTINOS JUNIORS! (March 1980)

In March of 1980, top Chilean football team Colo-Colo invited Argentinos Juniors, featuring in their squad a 19 year old rising superstar called Diego Armando Maradona, to play an exhibition match at the National Stadium of Santiago de Chile. The main goal was to raise support for a financially struggling Colo-Colo. Maradona was already a sensation and everybody wanted to jump on that bandwagon. He would even receive an award by local authorities at the start of the game.
Ironically, and even though everybody was expecting a festive and spectacle oriented evening, Maradona would end up leaving the field in a stretcher after being savagely tackled throughout the entire game by Colo-Colo's defenders, causing the irate response of many fans present at the crowd. He even had to check during two hours in the emergency room of a hospital before flying back to Argentina. His legs had been suffering a brutal beating during the entire night. It seemed the only way to stop a player that was simply unstoppable. The new phenomenon of world football.
TVN, the National Television of Chile - / @tvn_chile - recently uploaded the entire game in their channel in a pretty decent quality, so I dediced to compile a highlight package of that night for all of you that love watching El 'Pelusa' play. As always, hope you enjoy it.
#maradona #futbol #argentina

[@DerManuel339]

Diego es el mejor jugador de todos los tiempos. Se puede ver en este juego que Maradona fue destrozado a patadas en ese entonces. Los árbitros no lo protegen. Hoy en día los jugadores están protegidos por las nuevas reglas. Si Diege jugara con protección hoy, Diego marcaría 3 goles en cada partido. Y si Messi hubiera jugado entonces se habría ido a casa llorando por las dificultades. Diego, el mejor jugador de todos los tiempos!

[@cesarjones01]

Maravilloso, Diego.

[@matiasmanjon6147]

Pensar que aca el Diego tenia 19 AÑOS. El portento fisico que ya era a esta edad, tenia las piernas de un jugador de 24 o 25 años y una musculatura muy fuerte y trabajada. 5 años como jugador de primera, 166 partidos, 116 goles.

[@hemivivencia7670]

Dió el espectáculo que anunció. Cómo se lo agradecieron? Lo molieron a patadas hasta que lo lesionaron. Era un amistoso y tenía 19 años!!! El mejor

[@donramonramirez5141]

Bien, así, le pegaron siempre ....
Agarra a cualquier muñequito de HOY, y que lo " atiendan " como a Diego, a ver si dura un tiempo ...

[@hemivivencia7670]

@@donramonramirez5141 totalmente de acuerdo

[@Offthegrid1884]

Como era vistoso ver ele jogar. Impressionante que ele era um moleque nessa época, mas se comportava e tinha toda uma postura de veterano

[@vingema]

❤❤❤❤

[@mikoajdariuszmackowiak2141]

Maradona is GOAT.

[@mikoajdariuszmackowiak2141]

He was already the best player in the world when he was just 19 years old.

[@gachalife-ys8dy]

7:26 en otra instancia pondrá la mano XD

[@juanestebancarrenomichaud3277]

Leonel herrera en ese partido lesionó a Madonna....hasta el día de hoy no se arrepiente.....mal

[@salvadorpincheira9172]

Madona ??

[@juanestebancarrenomichaud3277]

@@salvadorpincheira9172 maradona

[@luissegovia8205]

The best player that day was carlos Humberto caszely ...in my top 5 best chilean player of all time ..un crack !!!!

[@gachalife-ys8dy]

Ya indio pero q no se sepa q eri chileno😜

[@sashafalcon5143]

Bro, how can you say that when Diego is on the pitch.

[@jopisa2]

7:58 no fue posicion adelantada

[@chokin78]

todos se la daban al Diego, la pelota iba a él...

[@abdulfatahhassan4197]

Excellent dribbling 👏🏽....But casual and poor passing in this game. Understandable as it was a friendly